Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ravensdale Park, Derbyshire

Ravensdale Park is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Derbyshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
GADSBY613.04353,157.89
HOLMES510.869689.29
SLACK48.6957555.56
PEACH48.6957800.00
WALLIS36.5217192.31
SHERLOCK36.5217967.74
BROWN24.34786.60
WRIGHT12.17396.78
ABELL12.1739714.29
WALKER12.17396.49
RODGERS12.173979.37
HUDSON12.173926.53
COWLEY12.1739117.65
WASS12.1739400.00
MURFIN12.17391,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GADSBY0.05463157.8947
MURFIN0.05461000.0000
SHERLOCK0.0546967.7419
PEACH0.0546800.0000
ABELL0.0546714.2857
SLACK0.0546555.5556
WASS0.0546400.0000
WALLIS0.0546192.3077
COWLEY0.0546117.6471
HOLMES0.054689.2857
RODGERS0.054679.3651
HUDSON0.054626.5252
WRIGHT0.05466.7751
BROWN0.05466.5963
WALKER0.05466.4935

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 46 people called GADSBY in Ravensdale Park at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 3157.8947 in Ravensdale Park means that 3157.8947% of the people in Ravensdale Park on census day were called GADSBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GADSBY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GADSBY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GADSBY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GADSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Ravensdale Park means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GADSBY in Ravensdale Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ravensdale Park in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABELL (1)  BATIFF (1)  BOAM (3)  BRATBY (5)  BROWN (2)  BURDILS (1)  COWLEY (1)  GADSBY (6)  GEOGREY (1)  HOLMES (5)  HUDSON (1)  MURFIN (1)  PEACH (4)  RODGERS (1)  SHERLOCK (3)  SLACK (4)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (3)  WASS (1)  WRIGHT (1)